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Transportation habit is contributing substantially to the CO2-footprint of UiO. In addition to including environmental concern in general travel policy and promoting use of public transport, UiO is promoting the use of electric cars.

Escale Durable (formerly Campus Plus Mid-days) is a series of brief and dynamic meetings in the form of guided walks or presentations that aim to focus the minds of the University community on questions of sustainability.

The project "RENOVA (renew) your paper at UL " emerged in an aim to rationalize the use of paper. Old newspapers, magazines read and re-read, no-longer-needed photocopies, printed drafts, obsolete correspondence and used envelopes ... can now gain a new life!

This project has been undertaken in the framework of a larger project "Green University", and counted the participation of a group of children from the Kindergarten run by the Social Services of the University of Lisbon.

The installation of water flow reducers at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research was the first step towards a more efficient use of our resources. This action was implemented in October of 2011.

For environmental reasons and to improve the cleanliness of the campus, a pilot project has been initiated by the students association, ACE, with the support of the environment coordinator. The idea was to banish definitely the plastic cup from our campus during students recreation activities.

Different kinds of waste are produced at university, from paper to radioactive waste. Hazardous waste has been separately collected for years and has been progressively completed by assimilated (household-like) waste sorting. Today, 16 different sorts of waste are collected separately.

In order to apply the ULB environmental policy and to reduce our water consumption, a pilot project of waterless urinals has been implemented. The project answers two main requirements: to renovate and improve the comfort of lavatories due to the staff increase and a will to reduce our water consumption.